Erasmus D. Keyes

thumb|General Erasmus D. Keyes Erasmus Darwin Keyes (May 29, 1810 – October 14, 1895) was an American businessman, banker, and military general, noted for leading the IV Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac during the first half of the American Civil War. Quotes During forty years before the rebellion it was an axiom with the War Department that no officer was fit to command an army who was not of Southern birth. My loud dissent from that assumed axiom was considered a sure indication of folly and in competency. I refer to myself simply as an exponent of a state of things that naturally grew out of the institution of slavery. Fifty Years' Observations of Men and Events, Civil and Military (1884) External links Erasmus D. Keyes Category:1810 births Category:United States Military Academy alumni Category:Generals of the Union Army Category:1895 deaths Category:People from Massachusetts